month's mind

American  

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

1. a Requiem Mass said on the thirtieth day after a person's death or burial.

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month's mind British  

noun

1. RC Church a Mass celebrated in remembrance of a person one month after his death

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Etymology

Origin of month's mind

1425–75; late Middle English moneth mynde

Example Sentences

A month's mind mass for Constable Kerr is due to be held in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Beragh at 1500 on 3 May.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2011

The which he should not have this day but that I have a month's mind to a slashte wastcote which hitherto he hath soured upon.

From The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by Beck, L. Adams (Lily Adams)

“To have a month’s mind to a thing.”

From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger

Thus Ray quotes a proverb: “To have a month’s mind to a thing,” and mentions the above custom.

From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger

He treated her, and her only, with an air of neglect she could not altogether account for, and she was in month's mind to make the young cavalier crouch at her feet.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John